Things move slowly during this post Thanksgiving pre Xmas season. Everyone gets busy. Weather sucks. Our bodies still have the DNA that says to hibernate in the winter making it tough to stay motivated and active. Working on productions seems to fall to the wayside for many. Part of my Read more…
Found a simple trick on some social media marketing. I don’t want to double post yet I cannot keep track of all the new groups/forums I join. They added a search function so I can find out which ones have which videos. So I can increase my visibility. Both because Read more…
Got a simple, fun animation done last night. It’s somewhat cosmic and an homage to the great Stanley Kubrick. Mocking myself always seems to bring out the laughs. Not sure why people like seeing a fat guy do stupid things, but who am I to argue? Once the main animation Read more…
Today was a day of rest. I watched two movies nearly back to back. X-Men Last Stand and the extended cut of The Wolverine. It was a good day. All of the cats were upon me at various points in time and a minimal hissing and/or fighting. Tomorrow will be Read more…
I really thought I’d have more money before I’d earn the ire of some psychotics. In this day and age, social media reveals to us people who will eventually cause tragedies like Newtown or Virginia Tech or the Dark Knight Rises shooting. It’s just such an odd thing to witness Read more…
Here’s a vote for the Cloud. One of the upsides of being able to edit on any of 3 computers, 2 at the office and 1 at home (not even including the laptop that occasionally also edits). The project file gets updated but has to move from machine to machine. Read more…
Man am I chewing on this Element 3D plug in for After Effects. I have been using a cheap program called Ulead Cool 3D for creating bevel to 2D text and 2D logos for 13 years. This new plug-in renders it obsolete because I can use the lighting and 3D Read more…
Going back to the courthouse Monday morning. I will enjoy costing a scummy law firm a bit more money, especially knowing they will never get it back. My filings are ready, schedule clear, and your faithful narrator will put some cherries on top of what has been an amateur victory Read more…
Got a new edit done and out there. This was a Tech Tip from 6 years ago that I forgot existed until the Sonnyboo Intern Army discovered it on an HD tape when digitizing for the car chase footage. And serendipitously, the tech tip was about the exact same car Read more…
Turkey Day. No interest. I’ve got so much work to do and I want to finish edits, add graphics, color correct, and animate words and images. I’m thankful that I have a roof over my head, enough money to buy the place, and a willingness to make that happen from Read more…
I can’t get caught up. So much work and not enough time for mine own self. I want to work on my stuff more. Not a lot of money in it, but certainly fulfilling to create your own material. I’m still managing to slug through things, just not to the Read more…
So my little half-baked idea to put some 6 year old raw footage online to let people practice editing turned out to be a bit more successful that I thought. The webstats for the FRAMELINES website usually gets about 100 or so unique views a day. Yesterday topped out at Read more…